Fig. 3: Upregulation of genes related to the transport of carbohydrates in AM-colonised roots in the absence of PPN infection of the root system. | Nature Communications

Fig. 3: Upregulation of genes related to the transport of carbohydrates in AM-colonised roots in the absence of PPN infection of the root system.

From: Phytophagy impacts the quality and quantity of plant carbon resources acquired by mutualistic arbuscular mycorrhizal fungi

Fig. 3

Genes are separated according to their role as/in monosaccharide transport, SWEETs (sugar transporters) or sucrose-cleavage. Heatmap was generated in R using heatmap.2 (gplots), displaying logCPM of genes related to carbohydrate transport that are differentially expressed in arbuscular mycorrhizal (AM)-colonised root tissues when plant-parasitic nematodes (PPN) are present/absent on the root system. Colour scale reflects logCPM z scores. All data were collected at 5 weeks post inoculation. Treatments are asymbiotic roots, AM-colonised roots, PPN-infected roots, dual PPN + AM fungi colonised roots, and split-root treatments that contained AM fungi in one compartment and PPN in the opposing compartment. N = 4, statistical analysis through DESeq2 pairwise comparisons, FDR p < 0.01.

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